Slow Down!

Ch 2

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As Abby slowly pulled her car into her parking space, she barely had time to reach for the door handle, when her door was opened for her. Stepping out, Abby tried to keep from looking Tony in the eyes, but he stopped her as soon as she was standing straight and in one simple phrase, had her full attention.

"What in the hell is wrong with you?" Tony yelled, knowing that they were alone, he wasn't going to hold back. Abby quickly shot her face up to look at him, speechless that he would yell at her like that.

"What?" Abby could not believe the attitude that was coming from Tony. How dare he confront her, here, at work. "Now is not the time or place….," Abby started as she pushed past Tony and headed to the elevator.

"OH, No you don't!" Tony said as he grabbed her by the elbow and followed her into the elevator. Once the elevator has started, Tony quickly flicked the emergency switch, jolting the elevator to a stop.

Abby reached over to start the elevator up again, she was already late, Gibbs would be waiting for her in her lab, and every moment Tony wasted in this elevator, would be another moment late. "I.. Do…Not…..Have….Time….For… This…..TONY!" Abby yelled as she tried to push his hand off the switch.

"Well, tough, sis, because I am making TIME right now! You lied to me when you said you would not get another speeding ticket! You lied to a police officer. What, may I ask is the great case that involves national security? HMMM!" Tony asked as he quirked his head to the side.

"Oh, come off the high horse TONY! Like you have never lied to an officer. " Abby said as she was still trying to get the elevator in motion again.

"Actually in my youth I might have, but as I have comet to realize my role in this 'family' I have tried to curb my youthful impulses. But the biggest thing is Abby…You told me you would slow it down!" Tony was back to yelling again. "I have covered for you, I…." Tony ran his free hand through his hair. "You know how Gibbs feels about the act of omission of truth in an attempt to cover up. ….You know that in his eyes this is just as bad as lying to him. So. YOU LOOK HERE! I am in this mess too, thanks to my trying to be a good big brother, but after this no more! You are solo!" Tony said as he flipped the elevator switch and they started in motion.

Abby never looked Tony in the eyes again, when the elevator stopped at the lab, she squared her shoulders, quickly exited and headed straight into her sanctuary. Too bad her sanctuary was not empty, there, standing in the middle of her lab, was one pissed off looking marine. "Oh, hey Gibbs, be right with you." She said as nonchalantly as possible as she strode into her center office and started putting her stuff away. She got as far as her desk before she felt that all too familiar grip of 'dad' on her shoulder.

"Hey Gibbs, be right with you?...Where the hell have you been? And what was going on in the elevator between you and DiNozzo? HM?" Gibbs spurted out, as he tried to keep himself in check. He could not believe just how careless Abby was acting regarding her tardiness. Plus, little did Abby and Tony know, but there argument was loud enough so that Gibbs, who was waiting outside the elevator at her lab had over heard the entire conversation. But, now was not the time to confront this problem, he wanted to see just how long his little family would keep this game up.

"Oh! Did you hear that? It was just…." Abby thought she was busted.

"I couldn't make out words, but I could tell from the volume of the voices that it was a heated conversation. Anything I should be concerned about?" Gibbs asked as he watched the brief sense of relief flow over her face. She would never do well at poker, her face was always like a open book.

"Oh, no, nothing, just a small disagreement in police procedures from his days back in Baltimore, he will never change." Abby replied as she slipped her lab coat on and headed to her computers. 'One bullet dodged today, now just to keep Tony happy and all will be well.' Abby thought to herself as she let a slight grin escape her face. She quickly wiped the smile off her face, but not before Gibbs saw it in the reflection of her screen.

'Oh, this should be good!' Gibbs thought to himself as he was ready for Abby to give him the results he needed and just to see how far this little charade would go.

TBC…

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